A listing of all previous editions of Dominic Valvona’s Perusals columns.
Perusal #001: Singles/Oddities/Teasers: Haich Ber Na, Giant Swan, Junius Paul, Bear With Me, Sun Ra, Land Of Ooo
Perusal #002: Dijf Sanders ‘Ravana’, Jonah Parzen-Johnson ‘Up’, Ani Glass ‘Mirores’, Kamilita ‘Broken Hearted Freak’, Betacrack ‘Unselected Ambient Works Vol.1’, Liz Davinci ‘Harvest Time’
Perusal #003: Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela ‘We’ve Landed’, JZ Replacement ‘Tubuka’, Verses Bang ‘The Eagle Has Landed’, Ippu Mitsui ‘Break Through 50 Watts’, Brona McVittie ‘The Green Man’
Perusal #004: Bob Destiny ‘Wang Dang’, Remington Super 60 ‘New EP’, John Howard ‘It’s Not All Over Yet’, Mazeppa ‘The Way In’, Elefant ‘Ultra Plus Ultra’, MAI MAI MAI ‘Il Secondo Coro Delle Lavandaie’
Perusal #005: Graham Costello’s Strata ‘Cygnus’, Nordine Staifi ‘Zine Ezzinet’, The Band ‘Once Were Brothers’, Chassol ‘Rollarcoaster (pt.2)’, Van Pool ‘Bathing In The Open’
Perusal #006: A Journey Of Giraffes ‘Armenia’, Violet Nox ‘Future Fast’, Northwest ‘All Of A Sudden’, Ranil y su Conjunto Tropical ‘Cumbia Sin Nombre’
Perusal #007: Singles, Previews & Oddities Roundup: Gawd Status, Adam Green, Lunar Bird…
Perusal 008: Nduduzo Makhathini ‘Indawu’, Jacqueline Tucci ‘Fear’, Bedd ‘Auto Harp’, Senji Niban ‘Where The Birds Fly Now?’, Super Inuit ‘Mothering Tongue’
Perusal 009: John Johanna ‘The Eastern Harmony And Gospel Demonstrations: Outtakes And Demos 2015-2017’, Vukovar ‘Cement & Cerement’, Clovvder ‘My Mother Was The Moon’, Twisted Ankle ‘Landlord Laughs’, Escupemetralla ‘Remotitud’
Perusal 010: Lucidvox ‘Knife’, Shaw & Grossfeldt ‘Klavier P’, Supergombo ‘Alien Felines From Across The Galaxy’, Makoto Kino ‘Glitter Rose Garden’, Qiumper ‘Boroq-Thaddoi’
Perusal #011: Telemachus ‘Greed’, OK:KO/Alder Ego/Timo Lassy & Teppo Makynen ‘Ateneum 2019′, Sounds and Colours ’10 Years’, The Bundy Bunch ‘POS’, CURRENTMOODGIRL ‘The Letter L’, Double Francoise ‘Les Bijoux’
Perusal 012: Ammar 808 ‘Marivere Gati (Ft. Susha)’, Koma Saxo ‘Koma Mate/Jagd (Ft. Jameszoo)’, Itchy-O ‘Milk Moon Rite’, Jon Hassell ‘Fearless’, Tony Price ‘Interview’
Perusal #13: Andres Vargas Pinedo ‘The Fab Sound Of Andres Vargas Pinedo’, Lunar Bird ‘S/T’, Khasi-Cymru Collective ‘Sai-thain ki Sar’, Rachael Langlais ‘Dothe’, Wladtslaw Trejo ‘Nuestra Voz’, Versylen ‘Radiance‘
The Perusal #14: Pons ‘Leland’, Kety Fusco ‘Ma Gnossienne’, Meggie Lemon ‘Night Shift’, Modern Blonde ‘Candyland’, Clamb ‘Earth Mother Grapefruit’, Mike Gale ‘Twin Spirit’, Palais Schaumberg ‘S/T’
The Perusal #15: Rules ‘Say It Ain’t So/Florence’, Violet Nox ‘Cosmic Bits (J. Bagist Remix)’, Whispering Sons ‘Several Others’, Black Tempel Pyramid ‘The Hierophant’, Sara Oswald & Feldermelder ‘Drawn’, Night Sky Pulse ‘These Possible Lives’, Heiko Miale ‘Demo Tapes 1984-86’
Perusal #16: Raf And O ‘Thomas Newton’, Jason Nazary ‘Spring Collection’, Chris Sharkey ‘Presets’, Passepartout Duo ‘Daylighting’, The Corrupting Sea ‘Chamber Music For The Dead’, Manzanita ‘Trujillo, Peru 1971-1974’, Karen Zane ‘Cloaked’
The Perusal #17: Motorists ‘Through To You’, PTC ‘Papagaj Ft. Vazz’, Kaukolampi ‘We Jazz Reworks Vol. 1’, Requiem & Simon McCorry ‘Critical; Mass’, Taras Bulba ‘Sometimes The Night’, The Tape Recorders ‘Wire’, Antonello Perfetto & Greg Nieuwsma ‘Aquarium’, Rhombus Index ‘Planar EP’
The Perusal #18: Pons ‘The Pons Estate’, Seb Reynolds ‘Crows EP’, Paxton Spangler Septet ‘Anthem For The New Nation’, Giacomelli ‘Interplanetary Thoughts’, Solyst ‘Spring’, Xqui X SEODAH ‘Sufficiently Disconcerting’, Viktor Timofeev ‘Palace Of Peace & Reconciliation’, D:Rom/Shreddies ‘Sucker’, Ester Poly ‘Wet’
The Perusal #19: Motorists ‘Surrounded’, Timo Lassy ‘Trio’, Various ‘Cameroon Garage Funk’, Various ‘Peru: The Land Of Echo’, Variat ‘I Can See Everything From Here’, Andrew Wasylak ‘Bulgay Hills: Morning In Magnolia’, Steve Hadfield ‘See The World Anew Vol.1’, Simon McCorry ‘Flow’, Sone Institute ‘After The Glitter Before The Decay’, Blue Mysteries ‘Dislocated’
The Perusal #20: Dr. Joy ‘S/T’, The Mining Co. ‘Phenomenolgy’, Catherine Graindorge ‘Eldorado’, Andrew Heath ‘New Eden’, Headboggle ‘Digital Digital Analog’, Niklas Wandt ‘Solar Musil’, Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters ‘Destiny Waiving’, Psycho & Plastic ‘Soundtrack 2: Pappel’
The Perusal #21: Lexagon ‘Feminine Care’, SAD MAN ‘5 Years Of Being SAD’, Dan Hayward ‘Country Dustbin’, King Champion Sounds ‘Between Two Worlds’, David Lance Callahan ‘English Primitive I’, Angelo Bignamini ‘8 Doublings’, Miguel A. Garcia ‘Artie’, Vapors Of Morphine ‘Fear & Fantasy’
The Perusal #22: Jaguwar ‘Gold’, Boom. Diwan Ft. Nduduzo Makhathini ‘Minarets EP’, Noah ‘Etoile’, Dear Laika ‘Pluperfect Mind’, Charlotte Greve/Wood River/Cantus Domus ‘Sediments We Move’, Lisa Butel & Brent Cross ‘A Low Lament For Love And Loss/ The Feeling Of Walking’, Hellenica ‘Blood Meridian: An Imagined Soundtrack’, Spacelab ‘Dead Dimension’, Almeeva ‘To All My Friends’, Stereo Total ‘Chanson Hysterique 1995-2005’
The Perusal #23: Meskerem Mees ‘Julius’, V/A ‘Nahma: A Gulf Polyphony’, Batila ‘Tatamana’, Wet Tuna ‘Eau’d To A Fake Bookie Vol 1 & 2’, Color Dolor ‘Blurry Things’, Jack Ellister ‘Lichtpyramide II’, Simon McCorry ‘The Illusion Of Beginning And Endings’, Kensho Nakamura ‘Llamhigyn Y Dwr’, Oliver Earnest ‘The Water Goes The Other Way’, Josh Semans ‘Winter Gesture’
2022__
The Perusal #24: Spaceface, Mainstream Funk, Roedelius & Story, Cephas Teom
The Perusal #25: Ilmiliekki Quartet, Daisy Glaze, Wovenhand, T.E. Yates…
The Perusal #26: Jane Inc., Nova Charm, Širom, Houseplants…
The Perusal #27: El Khat Aalbat Alawi Op. 99’, Tone Of Voice Orchestra ‘S-T’, Kristine Leschper ‘The Opening Or Closing Of A Door’, The Lancashire Hustlers ‘Big Ask’, Koma Saxo w/ Sofia Jernberg ‘Koma West’, Kick ‘Light Figures’, Pjusk ‘Sentrifuge’, Anthéne & Simon McCorry ‘Mind Of Winter’, Various ‘I Won’t Give Up’, Escupemetralla ‘Maldacena Duality’, Solidarity ‘Blue And Yellow’ & “Yellow And Blue’, The Post-Everything Collective & Friends Present: ‘Ukrainian Relief Compilation’, Various ‘Music For Ukraine’, Various Artists ‘Pacification’
The Perusal #28: Amine Mesnaoui & Labelle ‘African Prayers’, Nicolas Zullo ‘Credendoti Montagna’, Bart Davenport ‘Episodes’, Harry Christelis & Pedro Velasco ‘Scribbling’, Yamash’ta & The Horizon ‘Sunrise From West Sea Live’, Ben Vida And Lea Bertucci ‘Murmurations’, Kumo ‘Three Tigers’, Adams, Dunn & Haas ‘Future Moons’
The Perusal #29: IFRIQIYYA ELECTRIQUE ‘Nafta Naghara’, Jane Inc. ‘Faster Than I Can Take’, Birds In The Brickwork ‘Recovery’, Kota Motomura ‘Pay It Forward’, OK:KO ‘Liesu’, Kloot Per W ‘Arbre A Filles’, Jörg Thomasius ‘Acht Gesänge der Schwarzen Hunde (Experimenteller Elektronik-Underground DDR 1989)’ , Qrauer ‘Heeded’, Astrel K ‘Flickering I’, Sinnen ‘Hawk Moth Man’
The Perusal #30: Stephanie Santiago ‘Activa Tu Cuerpo’, Celestial North ‘When The Gods Dance’, Orryx ‘Ifera’, Black Mango ‘Quicksand’, Private Agenda ‘A Mannequin’, Saturno 2000: La Rebajada de Los Sonideros 1962 – 1983, Ethan Woods ‘Burnout’, Misha Sultan ‘Roots’, Gustavo Yashimura ‘Living Legend Of The Ayacucho Guitar’, Ghost Power ‘S-T’, Exterior ‘Umbilical Digital’, The Staple Jr. Singers ‘When Do We Get Paid’
The Perusal #31: The Master Musicians Of Jajouka ‘Dancing Under The Moon’, Avalanche Kaito ‘ST’, Jimi Tenor ‘Multiversum’, Lucrecia Dalt ‘The Seed’, Brigitte Beraha ‘Blink’, Various ‘Sharayet El Disco: Egyptian Disco & Boogie Cassettes 1982-1992’, Sebastian Reynolds ‘Athletics EP’, Flat Worms ‘Live in Los Angeles’, Francesco Lurgo ‘Sleep Together Folded Like Origami’
The Perusal #32: Claude ‘Twenty Something’, La Chinaca ‘Juegos Malosos’, Gabrielle Ornate ‘Free Falling’, Tess Tyler (Ft. Barney Sage) ‘Sell The Sky’, The Paxton/Spangler Septet ‘Ugquozi’, Ghost Horse ‘Il Bene Comune’, Farmer ‘Things Do Things Without Thinking’, Omertà ‘Collection Particulière’, Xqui ‘Pieces Part 2’, The Mining Co. ‘Acoustic Phenomenology’, Loris Cericola ‘Metaphysical Graffiti’, Flying Moon In Space ‘Zwei’
The Perusal #33: Various ‘Pierre Barouh And The Saravah Sound: Jazz, Samba And Other Hallucinatory Grooves’, Various ‘Spirit of France’, Nwando Ebizie ‘The Swan’, Healing Force Project ‘Drifted Entities (Vol. 1)’, Toni Tubna w/ the Stockholm Tuba Sect ‘When The Magic Went Wrong’, Anelli Beauchamp Cauduro ‘Sometimes Someone Watches’, The Dark Jazz Project ‘ST’, Delmore FX ‘Scompaio’, Runningonair ‘B.A.U‘
The Perusal #34: The Movers ‘Vol 1 – 1970 – 1976’, Claude ‘A Lot’s Gonna Change’, Staraya Derevnya ‘Boulder Blues’, Li Yilei ‘Secondary Self’, Foch/Delplanque ‘Live Au GRM’, Shepherd Stevenson ‘Man Down’, THLTTLDBB ‘SeeUSearching’, Brown Calvin ‘dimension//perspective’, Die Welttraumforscher ‘Liederbuch’
The Perusal #35: Al-Qasar ‘Who Are We?’, Clear Path Ensemble ‘Solar Eclipse’, Forest Robots ‘Supermoon Moonlight Part Two’, Machine ‘S-T’, Noah ‘Noire’, Lampen ‘S-T’, Qrauer ‘Odd Fazes’, Simon McCorry ‘Scenes From The Sixth Floor’, REZO ‘Sew Change’, John Howard ‘From The Far Side Of A Far Miss’, Yara Asmar ‘Home Recordings 2018-2021’, Valentina Magaletti & Yves Chaudouët ‘Batterire Fragile’
The Perusal #36: Liraz ‘Roya’, Tau & The Drones Of Praise ‘Misneach’, Carl Stone ‘We Jazz Reworks Vol.2’, Say What ‘S-T’, Aucoin ‘Synthetic: A Synth Odyssey Season 1’, Montparnasse Musique ‘Archeology’, CAN ‘Live In Cuxhaven, 1976’, Puppies In The Sun ‘Light Became Light’, Spelterini ‘Paréidolie’, No Base Trio ‘II’
The Perusal #37: Edrix Puzzle ‘Coming Of The Moon Dogs’, Surya Botofasina ‘Everyone’s Children’, Etceteral ‘Rhizome’, Karu ‘An Imaginary Journey’, The Dark Jazz Project ‘S-T’, Yemrot ‘The Sunken Garden’, The Magic City Trio ‘Amerikana Arkana’, Leverton Fox ‘In The Flicker’, Dead Horses ‘Sunny Days’, Biensüre ‘S-T’, Trans Zimmer & The DJs ‘S-T’, Casta ‘The Temple Of Doom’
The Perusal #38: David Lance Callahan ‘English Primitive II’, Noémi Büchi ‘Matter’, Björn Magnusson ‘Nightclub Music & Ethereal Faith’, Orchid Mantis ‘How long Will It Take’, Designers ‘S-T’, Greg Nieuwsma & Antonello Perfetto ‘Chase ritual’, Anton Barbeau ‘Stranger’, Kinked And Señor Service ‘Reincanto/Real Bwoy’, Various ‘Perú Selvático – Sonic Expedition Into The Peruvian Amazon 1972 – 1986’
2023_____
The Perusal #39: Refree, Phil Ranelin And Wendell Harrison, Hög Sjö, Esbe, Galactapus, Seljuk Rustum, George Winstone…
The Perusal #40: Polobi & The Gwo Ka Masters, Moonlight Benjamin, BONDO, Kety Fusco, Antti Lötjönen…
The Perusal #41: Carmen Jaci, Frédéric D. Oberland, Bhajan Bhoy, Boycalledcrow…
The Perusal #42: Tobias Meinhart And Berlin People, Suki Sou, MultiTraction Orchestra, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Lunar Bird…
The Perusal #43: Adjunct Ensemble, Danûk, Meiko Kaji, Batov’s Middle Eastern Grooves, Kayhan Kalhor & Toumani Diabaté…
The Perusal #44: Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkesta, Matt Donovan, Baldruin, Spindle Ensemble, Marty Isenberg…
The Perusal #45: African Head Charge, Ziúr, Coco María, The Holy Family…
The Perusal #46: Jaimie Branch, Andrew Hung, Knoel Scott Ft. Marshall Allen, Nagat…
The Perusal #47: Luzmila Carpio, Darius Jones, Carlos Niño & Friends, Sakamoto, Vumbi Dekula…
The Perusal #48: Crime & The City Solution, Tele Novella, Chouk Bwa & The Angströmers, Yara Asmar…
The Perusal #49: Ndox Électrique, Rave At Your Fictional Borders, Tara Clerkin Trio, Wax Machine, Pidgins…
The Perusal #50: Lea Bertucci, Universal Harmonies & Frequencies, June McDoom, Kenneth Jimenez, George Demure…
2024______
The Perusal #51: Nino Gvilia, Nehan, Brion Gysin, Eda Diaz, We Jazz Double-Bill, Ariel Kalma…
The Perusal #52: Meril Wubslin, Maria Arnqvist, Ghost, Otis Sandsjö…
The Perusal #53: Arushi Jain, Luce Mawdsley, Ill Considered, Alison Cotton…
The Perusal #54: Fran & Flora, Audio Obscura, Pando Pando, Khôra, Congo Funk!
The Perusal #55: Liraz, Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti & Frank Rosaly, Ghana Special 2, Bab L’ Bluz…
The Perusal #56: Staple Jr. Singers, A Journey Of Giraffes, L’ Étrangleuse, Head Shoppe, Pastense…
The Perusal #57: Hannah Mohan, Black Diamond, Society Of The Silver Cross, Passepartout Duo & Inoyama Land…
The Perusal #58: Raymond Antrobus & Evelyn Glennie, Jessica Ackerley, Poeji…
The Perusal #59: Nonpareils, El Khat, BAG, Christopher Haddow, Daniel Inzani, John Howard…
The Perusal #60: Anna Butterss, Niwel Tsumbu, TRAINNING + Ruth Goller, Donald Beaman…
The Perusal #61: CAN, Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra, Sly & The Family Drone…
The Perusal #62: Kotra, Niton, Ruth Goller, The Dark Jazz Project, Martin Tétreault…
2025_________
The Perusal #63: Damon Locks, Robert Farrugia, Emily Mikesell & Kate Campbell Strauss, wjerstean…
The Perusal #64: Marshall Allen, Trupa Trupa, Helen Ganya
The Perusal #65: The Young Mothers, Inturist, Nickolas Mohanna, A Journey Of Giraffes…
The Perusal #66: Jonah Brody, Pidgins, Manu Dibango, Bernardo Devlin…
The Perusal #67: A Single Ocean, Sad Man, Battle Elf, Xqui, Neon Crabs…
The Perusal #68: Warda, Audio Obscura, Voodoo Drummer, Dope Purple…
The Perusal #69: Theon Cross, Lukas Cresswell-Rost, Sebastian Reynolds, Cecil Taylor…
The Perusal #70: Crayola Lectern, Julian Cubillos, Kai Craig….
The Perusal #71: Matt Bachmann, The Good Ones, Wayku, John Johanna…
The Perusal #72: Will Glaser, Peter Evans, Amira Kheir….
The Perusal #73: Yalla Miku, SML, Snorkel, Suntou Susso…
The Perusal #74: F. Ampism, Burning Books, Mauricio Fleury….
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